Natural Disasters

Chennai could have avoided floods: CSE

The CSE director general said rampant construction across the city led to the blocking of natural flood discharge channels of the lakes

Publication Date: 
04/12/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Floods, Chennai (T), Lakes, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Water Resources, Sunita Narain, Drainage, Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters

Situation in Chennai begins to ease as rain stops, water levels recede in rivers

Mobile phones and landline services choked; ATM and banking services paralysed.

Publication Date: 
04/12/2015
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Floods, Rainfall, Chennai (T), Monsoons, Flood Relief, Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters

Jayalalithaa Seeks Rs 5k Crore Immediate Relief, PM Modi Gives Rs 1k Crore

CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately release Rs 5,000 crore, ‘on account’, from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for t

Publication Date: 
04/12/2015
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T), Rainfall, Floods, Flood Relief, Disaster Management, Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters

Unregulated urbanisation to blame for Chennai flooding: CSE experts

We have forgotten the art of drainage. We only see land for buildings, not for water’.

Publication Date: 
04/12/2015